On 04/09/07, Johannes Perl johannes.perl@gmail.com wrote:
hi,
I already managed to post into mediawiki with your help. Now I've got the problem, that I also should upload images this way.
Is there a possibility to do this? The MediaWiki manual says that you have to be logged in to be able to upload images. Is there a way to do this with a bot who isn't logged in?
No.
The reason we require a logged-in user to perform uploads is historical; it was done as a measure to prevent drive-by mass-uploading of crap, copyright-infringing images to the various Wikipedias.
I don't see any reason any other site would want this restriction removed, to be honest. If you're using a bot to upload images, make sure it uses a properly-flagged bot account, and grant bots the right to upload.
Rob Church